Gender differences in cardiac autonomic modulation during medical internship

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 521-527

  Lin, Yu Hsuan ^a   Chen, Ching Yen ^b,c   Lin, Sheng Hsuan ^d   Liu, Chun Hao ^b   Weng, Wei Hung ^b   Kuo, Terry B J ^e   Yang, Cheryl C H ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Depression; Heart rate variability; Medical interns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877684117     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12038     Document Type: Article

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